{"id":21232,"date":"2026-02-12T17:46:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=21232"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:46:29","slug":"six-nations-recalled-tomas-francis-relishing-chance-to-help-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=21232","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations: Recalled Tomas Francis relishing chance to help Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ticket sales for Sunday&#8217;s match at the Principality have been slower on the uptake compared to previous years, while the Welsh regions struggle to attract regular big crowds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is a stark contrast to French rugby, with Francis saying Provence, a second tier French side, have enjoyed &#8220;two-and-a-half years of sell-outs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s more of an entertainment in France,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They serve oysters on the side of the pitch, they have champagne. There&#8217;s a party in the bodega after and the rugby matches that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That French rugby model of a domestic league is great, hopefully something we can try and emulate here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But first Wales must put on a better show, having barely fired a shot against England at Allianz Stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;You never go out there to have a bad game or to put the game we put on last week,&#8221; added Francis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We want to put on a show that we&#8217;re proud of firstly as a team, that our families are proud of and the Welsh public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Everyone is working as hard as they can, the effort is there in abundance. The coaches are in their offices until nine at night trying to help us. Hopefully it&#8217;s going to turn and the performances and results will come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cqj90z92r1jo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ticket sales for Sunday&#8217;&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}